The Church Notre Dame of Château la Valliére !!!

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I was on my by now monthly road warrior trails of my belle France, I was out with my boys and my good dog Rex riding into the wonderful regions near me. This even if passed by before, is my first time in the town of Château la Valliére, full of architecture and history monuments. The village of Château-la-Vallière is located in the Indre-et-Loire department 37, in the Centre-Val de Loire region of my belle France. Therefore, here is my take on the Church Notre Dame of Château la Valliére !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The village of Château la Valliére has nearly 1,800 inhabitants, It is located 17 km from Le Lude, 38 km from Tours, 62 km from Le Mans , 74 km from Angers, 260 km from Paris ,and 299 km from my current home. We came here from Le Lude on the D306 road which becomes same road the D959 then bear left around the town on the D766 road to connect with the D34 road, but turning left on the D349 road to Château La Villiére and its church.

The Church of Notre Dame is believed to have been built on the site of the former chapel of the village priory. Rebuilt in the mid-19C, and then restored in the last quarter of the 20C, it preserves beautiful ancient remains. From the exterior, the church reveals a bell tower-porch, ending in a hexagonal spire, projects slightly from the facade. The whole has six thin bays, four on the facade, and a double one topped with a small rose window on the projection of the bell tower-porch. The semicircular portal has sculpted arches. beautiful bell tower porch, elaborately carved, projecting from the rest of the main façade and surmounting a beautiful Romanesque entrance door set in a semicircular arch between several arches. On the south façade are the arches of an old portal and a beautiful occulus, both from the 12C, salvaged from the former priory chapel. Six beautiful, slender, pointed arched openings decorate the façade and are adorned with stained-glass windows ; most of which date from the late 19C.

Completed in 1881, The Notre-Dame Church features stained-glass windows in the choir
in 1880 , then in the baptismal chapel in 1896 , four stained-glass windows on the north side in 1927-1928, while the south side of the nave was glazed in 1925-1926 . An oculus features a stained-glass window depicting Saint Nicholas . Finally, at the entrance to the nave, two anonymous and undated stained-glass windows should be compared to the works of the neighboring parish of Courcelles-de-Touraine from 1855.

The town of Château la Valliére on its heritage : https://chateaulavalliere.fr/culture-et-loisirs/a-faire-a-voir-dans-ma-commune/

There you go folks , a nice quant town worth a detour me think. The area is wonderfully located to visit other wonders of my belle France, Again ,hope you enjoy this post on the Church Notre Dame of Château la Valliére !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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